What Do You Know About Quitting Smoking?

No matter what your age or how long you have smoked, giving up cigarettes is the ticket to a longer life. Consider that just 12 hours after your last cigarette, the carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal. A year after you've quit, your risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker's.

1. The risk for death by heart attack or coronary heart disease goes down how soon after you quit smoking?

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According to the U.S. Surgeon General, a year after you quit smoking, your risk for coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's. After 15 years smoke-free, your risk drops to that of someone who never smoked.

A. 20 yearsB. 10 yearsC. 3 yearsD. 1 year

2. Which of these quit-smoking methods works the best?

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Either counseling or medicine can work well to help you quit. But using counseling and medicine together works even better to help you quit for good. These 2 types of counseling work especially well: problem-solving and skills training (practical counseling) and social support.

A. Cold turkeyB. Counseling and medicinesC. CounselingD. Medicines

3. Smoking raises your risk for cancer, coronary heart disease, and lung disease. What other health problems can it cause?

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Women smokers are less likely to get pregnant than nonsmokers. In men, smoking leads to erectile dysfunction. It can reduce sperm count and damage sperm.

A. Premature wrinkling of the skinB. Female infertilityC. Hair lossD. All of the above

4. The factors that lead to nicotine addiction are similar to addiction to which other drug or drugs?

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Starting to smoke at an early age makes it much harder to quit as an adult.

A. MarijuanaB. CocaineC. HeroinD. B and C

5. When did most current smokers start the habit?

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According to the CDC, nearly 9 out of 10 cigarette smokers were no older than 18 when they first tried smoking. Each day more than 2,000 people under age 18 smoke their first cigarette, the CDC says.